PRIVACY STATEMENT:

The following document is a translation of the original German privacy notice. It is provided for information purposes only. The German version of the privacy notice shall be exclusively binding.

Privacy Statement

Thank you for your interest in our website. The protection of your privacy is very important to us. Below we inform you in detail about the handling of your data.

Access data and hosting

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. Each time a website is accessed, the web server only automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains the name of the requested file, your IP address, date and time of access, transferred data volume and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the access.

This access data is evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring trouble-free operation of the site and improving our services. This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in a correct presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO as part of a weighing of interests. All access data will be deleted at the latest seven days after the end of your page visit.

Third-party hosting services

In the context of processing on our behalf, third-party providers provide us with services for hosting and displaying our websites. We use the following service providers for hosting the respective website:

If a service provider is based in the USA, it is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Due to this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has determined an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield. With other service providers domiciled in a country outside the EU or the EEA, we have agreed EU standard data protection clauses to provide suitable guarantees in accordance with Art. 46 Para. 2 lit. c DSGVO.

All data collected within the framework of the use of these web pages or in the forms provided for this purpose as described below will be processed on the servers of the respective service provider. Processing on other servers only takes place within the scope described here.

Data collection and use for the use of vr-on products

We collect personal data when you voluntarily provide us with it when contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail). Mandatory fields are marked as such, because in these cases we need the data to process your contact or open a customer account in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b DSGVO and you cannot send the contact without their information. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data provided by you to process your enquiries.

We use service providers to process your enquiries within the framework of processing personal data on behalf of our clients. These service providers are based in the USA and are certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. As a result of this agreement between the United States and the European Commission, the latter has established an adequate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

After complete processing, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after expiry of the tax and commercial retention periods, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

Data transfer

If you have ordered goods which we send to you by post, we will pass on your data required for the fulfilment of the contract in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b DSGVO to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery if this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods.

E-mail newsletter and postal advertising

E-mail advertising with newsletter registration

If you subscribe to one of our newsletters or provide your data in order to download a document free of charge from our website or our Facebook or LinkedIn presence, we will use the data required for this purpose or provided separately by you in order to send you our e-mail newsletter regularly on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO.

The newsletter is sent as part of processing on our behalf by service providers, to whom we forward your e-mail address for this purpose.

If the newsletter is sent via a service provider based in the USA, the service provider is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. Due to this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has determined an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time, either by sending a message to the contact person described below or via a link in the newsletter provided for this purpose. After you unsubscribe, we will delete your e-mail address unless you have expressly consented to the further use of your data or unless we reserve the right to further use data that is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

E-mail advertising without newsletter registration and your right of objectionIf we receive your e-mail address in connection with the sale of a product or service and you have not objected to this, we reserve the right to send you regular offers for similar products to those already purchased from our product range by e-mail in accordance with § 7 para. 3 UWG. This serves to protect our predominantly legitimate interests in an advertising approach to our customers in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO within the scope of a weighing of interests.

The newsletter is sent as part of processing on our behalf by service providers, to whom we forward your e-mail address for this purpose.

If the newsletter is sent via a service provider based in the USA, the service provider is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. Due to this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has determined an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can object to this use of your e-mail address at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided for this purpose in the advertising mail.

Postal advertising and your right of objectionIn addition, we reserve the right to use your first name, surname and postal address for our own advertising purposes, e.g. to send interesting offers and information about our products by post. This serves to protect our predominantly legitimate interests in advertising to our customers in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

The advertising mailings are provided within the scope of processing on our behalf by a service provider to whom we pass your data.

You can object to the storage and use of your data for these purposes at any time by sending a message to the contact person described below.

Cookies

In order to make visiting our websites attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, to display suitable products or for market research, we use so-called cookies on various pages. This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimised presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO as part of a weighing of interests. Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your terminal device. Some of the cookies used by us are deleted again after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable us to recognize your browser during your next visit (persistent cookies). You can see the duration of storage from the overview in the cookie settings of your web browser. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or whether to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages the cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. These can be found for each browser under the following links:

If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

Web analytics

Use of Google (Universal) Analytics for web analytics For website analysis, this website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analysis service of Google LLC (www.google.de). In accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO, this serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimised presentation of our offer as part of a weighing of interests. Google (Universal) Analytics uses methods that enable an analysis of your use of the website, such as cookies. The automatically collected information about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. By activating IP anonymisation on this website, the IP address is shortened before transmission within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The anonymous IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. The data collected in this context will be deleted after we have stopped using Google Analytics for the intended purpose and at the end of its use.

The Google LLC has its headquarters in the USA and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Due to this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has determined an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as Google from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. As an alternative to the browser plugin, you can click this link to prevent Google Analytics from collecting data from this website in the future. An opt-out cookie is stored on your end device. If you delete your cookies, you must click the link again.

Use of Hubspot for web analysis For website analysis purposes, Hubspot, Inc. automatically collects and stores data on this website using technologies from Hubspot, Inc. (www.hubspot.com) automatically collects and stores data from which user profiles are created using pseudonyms. According to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO, this serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimised presentation of our offer as part of a weighing of interests. Cookies may be used for this purpose. The data collected in this context will be deleted after we have ceased to use Hubspot for the intended purpose and at the end of its use.

Hubspot, Inc. is headquartered in the USA and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Due to this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has determined an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can object to the collection and storage of data at any time with effect for the future by placing an opt-out cookie on your end device or by suppressing the functionality of the tool with the help of an appropriate browser plugin, e.g. Ghostery.

Advertising via marketing networks

Google Tag ManagerWe use the Google Tag Manager to manage our usage-based advertising services. The Tag Manager tool itself is a cookie-free domain and does not collect any personally identifiable information. Rather, the tool triggers other tags that may themselves collect information (see above). If you have disabled it at the domain or cookie level, it will persist for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.

Google Double ClickThis website uses the so-called DoubleClick-Cookie in the context of Google Analytics, which enables the recognition of your browser when visiting other websites. In accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO, this serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimal marketing of our website as part of a weighing of interests. The information automatically generated by the cookie about your visit to this website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. The IP address is shortened by activating IP anonymisation on this website before transmission within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The anonymous IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. The data collected in this context will be deleted after the purpose for which it was collected has ceased and after the Google services have been used by us.

Google Double Click is an offer from Google LLC. (www.google.de). The Google LLC has its head office in the USA and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Due to this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has determined an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can deactivate the DoubleClick cookie via this link. You can also contact the Digital Advertising Alliance to learn about the use of cookies and to configure your settings. Finally, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or whether to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

Google AdWords Remarketing and Google Analytics AudiencesWe use Google Adwords Remarketing and Google Analytics Audiences to advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. When you visit our website, the so-called remarketing cookie is set by Google or the Google Analytics cookie is additionally used. In this case, both cookies automatically enable interest-based advertising by means of a pseudonymous CookieID and on the basis of the pages you visit. The data collected in this context will be deleted after the purpose and end of the use of Google AdWords Remarketing and Google Analytics by us. The use of these tools serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimal marketing of our website within the scope of a weighing of interests in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The data collected in this context will be deleted after the purpose for which it was collected has ceased and after the Google services have been used by us.

Further processing will only take place if you have agreed to Google linking your web and app browsing history to your Google Account and using information from your Google Account to personalize ads you see on the web. In this case, if you are logged into Google while browsing our website, Google will use your information in conjunction with Google Analytics data to create and define cross-device remarketing audience lists. For this purpose, Google temporarily links your personal data to Google Analytics data in order to form target groups.

Google AdWords Remarketing and Google Analytics are services offered by Google LLC (www.google.com). The Google LLC has its headquarters in the USA and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Due to this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has determined an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can deactivate the remarketing cookie via this link. You can also click on this link to prevent Google Analytics from collecting this information on this website in the future. An opt-out cookie will be placed on your device. If you delete your cookies, you must click the link again.

LinkedIn Insight & Conversion Tag Through our advertising partner LinkedIn Corporation, we advertise this website on the online presence of the LinkedIn platform (www.linkedin.com). When you visit our website, a cookie from this provider is automatically set for this purpose, which enables interest-based advertising by means of a pseudonym CookieID and on the basis of the pages you visit. This serves to protect our predominantly legitimate interests in the optimum marketing of our website in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO within the scope of a weighing of interests. After the purpose of the LinkedIn Insight & Conversion Tag has expired and it has been used by us, the data collected in this context will be deleted.

Twitter Ads & Conversion Through our advertising partner Twitter, Inc., we advertise this website on the Twitter platform's online presence (www.twitter.com). When you visit our website, a cookie from this provider is automatically set for this purpose, which enables interest-based advertising by means of a pseudonym CookieID and on the basis of the pages you visit. This serves to protect our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO within the scope of a weighing of interests. The data collected in this context will be deleted after we have discontinued the use of Twitter for the intended purpose and at the end of its use.

Facebook pixel conversions, analysis of conversion data upon order completion (order value, currency, whether existing or new customer) for purposes of interest-based advertising on Facebook, and billing for these.

The Facebook pixel automatically sets a cookie when you visit our website, which automatically enables the above-mentioned functions for the explained purposes by means of a pseudonymous CookieID and on the basis of the pages you visit. This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in the optimum marketing of our website within the scope of a weighing of interests pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The data collected in this context will be deleted after we have ceased to use the Facebook services for the intended purpose and at the end of their use.

The Facebook Pixel is an offer from Facebook, Inc. (http://www.facebook.com/). Facebook, Inc. has its headquarters in the USA and is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. As a result of this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has determined an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can object to the collection and storage of data at any time with effect for the future by placing an opt-out cookie on your end device or by suppressing the functionality of the tool with the help of an appropriate browser plugin, e.g. Ghostery.

You can also object to this processing of your data by contacting the Digital Advertising Alliance and informing yourself about the setting of cookies and making the appropriate settings. After your objection, an opt-out cookie may be stored on your terminal device. If you delete your cookies, you must click the links explained here again.

Social Media PlugIns

Use of social plugins from Facebook, Google, Twitter, Instagram, Xing and Youtube

On our website, social buttons are used by social networks.

In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not integrated into the page without restriction as plug-ins, but only using an HTML link. This integration ensures that when a page of our website containing such buttons is accessed, no connection is established with the servers of the provider of the respective social network.

If you click on one of the buttons, a new window of your browser opens and calls the page of the respective service provider on which you (if necessary after input of your login data) e.g. the Like or Share button can operate. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the providers on their pages, as well as a contact option and your rights and setting options in this regard to protect your privacy, please refer to the privacy notices of the providers.

Youtube Video Plugins Content on this website is integrated via the video platform service Youtube. This serves to protect our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimal presentation of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO within the scope of a weighing of interests.

Videos from Youtube that are embedded on our site have the advanced privacy setting enabled. This means that no information from website visitors is collected and stored on Youtube, unless they play the video. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the providers as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy of Google http://www.google.com/intl/de/+/policy/+1button.html.".

Vimeo Video Plugins On this website content is integrated via the video platform service Vimeo.

The tracking tool Google Analytics is automatically integrated into videos from Vimeo that are integrated on our website. We do not have any influence on the settings of the tracking and the analysis results collected about them and cannot view them either. In addition, web beacons are set via the embedding of Vimeo videos by the website visitors.

In order to prevent the setting of Google Analytics Tracking Cookies, you can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and Google from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

As an alternative to the browser plug-in, you can click this link to prevent Google Analytics from capturing data on this website in the future. An opt-out cookie will be placed on your device. If you delete your cookies, you must click the link again. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the providers as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for the protection of your privacy can be found in the Vimeo data protection information https://vimeo.com/privacy

Our online presence on social media platforms

Our presence on social networks and platforms serves a better, active communication with our customers and interested parties. We inform them about our products and ongoing special promotions.

When you visit our online presence in social media, your data may be automatically collected and stored for market research and advertising purposes. From this data, so-called usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. These can be used, for example, to place advertisements inside and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to your interests. For this purpose, cookies are generally used on your terminal device. The visitor behaviour and the interests of the users are stored in these cookies. In accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimised presentation of our offer and effective communication with customers and interested parties within the scope of a weighing of interests. If you are asked by the respective social media platform operators for their consent to data processing, e.g. by means of a checkbox, the legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO.

Insofar as the aforementioned social media platforms have their headquarters in the USA, the following applies: The European Commission has issued an adequacy decision for the USA. This goes back to the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate for the respective company can be viewed at https://www.privacyshield.gov/list .

Pursuant to Art. 15 DSGVO, you have the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;

Pursuant to Art. 16 DSGVO, you have the right to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;

Pursuant to Art. 17 DSGVO, you have the right to demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is prohibited.

to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;

to fulfil a legal obligation;

for reasons of public interest, or

for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims

is required;

Pursuant to Art. 18 DSGVO, the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data insofar as

the correctness of the data is disputed by you;

the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it;

we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or

you have lodged an objection against the processing under Article 21 DSGVO;

Pursuant to Art. 20 DSGVO, you have the right to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another responsible person;

Pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or workplace or at our company headquarters.

If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data, for information, correction, restriction of the processing or deletion of data as well as revocation of any consent given or objection to a specific use of data, please contact our company data protection officer.

If we process personal data as described above in order to protect our predominantly legitimate interests within the scope of a weighing of interests, you may object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is carried out for the purposes of direct marketing, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is carried out for other purposes, you are only entitled to object if there are reasons arising from your particular situation.

After exercising your right of objection, we will not process your personal data further for these purposes unless we can prove compelling reasons for processing worthy of protection which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

This does not apply if the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes. Then we will not further process your personal data for this purpose.

About us

Based in Munich, the vr-on GmbH offers individual and comprehensive virtual and augmented reality solutions for customers in the B2B sector. When developing solutions, vr-on consistently relies on the use of game engines.

With STAGE, vr-on offers an innovative product for collaborative work in virtual reality that is already being used by customers from various industries.